On Monday, a day before the Bombay High Court restrained clean-up marshals from slapping fines on citizens, Rane Ashish captured some glaring instances of their rampant misuse of authority BMC's clean-up marshals chose an obscure spot in Goregaon, smack bang in the middle of the Western Express Highway stretch between Bandra and Dahisar. There isn't a single public toilet in the entire expanse, which is lined by the Aarey wilderness, so they are usually confident that a few motorists will make pit stops to answer nature's call. Here's what happens next. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/feb/loo11.jpg" border="5" /> Un-Notice-able: They put up a tattered signboard in an inconspicuous corner, which says that those caught urinating in public are liable to pay a fine of Rs 200. The trap set, they lay in ambush in the thickets nearby, hoping that motorists desperate to relieve themselves won't notice the signboard. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/feb/loo2.jpg" border="5" /> Moving in for the Kill: Soon enough, a motorist draws up, frantic to urinate. The fly in its web, the marshals close in, even as the hapless motorist isn't quite finished. The clean-up marshals cite the warning on the tattered signboard, and ask for cash. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/feb/loo3.jpg" border="5" /> Pay-off: Hushed negotiations follow, and soon the two parties part ways, one richer at the other's expense. A clean-up marshal makes quite a killing this way, 'earning' at least Rs 1,000 every day from several of his victims.

On Monday, a day before the Bombay High Court restrained clean-up marshals from slapping fines on citizens, Rane Ashish captured some glaring instances of their rampant misuse of authority

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